These photos tell a little bit of the story of how active Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice & Occupy Elgin have been fighting for several different issues in summer 2018.
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Category Archives: Occupy Elgin
Occupy Elgin says Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Occupy Elgin will meet on Saturday, April 14th at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue. We will hold signs and distribute flyers that call for our lawmakers in Congress to support HR 3671 which requires 100% of electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2035.
December meeting + Occupy Elgin for Dec 2nd, 2017
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice will hold our December meeting
Saturday, December 2nd at 9:00 AM
Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren,
Second floor
783 W. Highland Avenue
Elgin, 60123
All persons who love peace and justice are welcome to join us.
Occupy Elgin will meet on Saturday, December 2nd from 1 PM till 2 PM at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue in Elgin. We will hold signs and hand out flyers with the message: Save Internet Neutrality.
The Free and Open Internet is the single most important technology we have to hold the powerful accountable.
Occupy Elgin, Sat., April 1st, 1 PM, We welcome Immigrants, Muslims, & Refugees!
Occupy Elgin will meet on Saturday, April 1st from 1 PM till 2 PM at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue in Elgin. We will hold signs and distribute flyers. Our emphasis will be:
Immigrants are Welcome Here!
Refugees are Welcome Here!
Muslims are Welcome Here!
We strongly oppose the Travel Ban on people from six Arab countries and the plans to detain and deport many immigrants.
Occupy Elgin, December 17th, 1:00 PM, Save Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
Occupy Elgin will gather at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue in Elgin on Saturday, December 17th from 1 :00 PM till 2: 00 PM. Our message for the day will be a call to Save Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Below is the text of the flyer we will distribute.
Save Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security!
House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to change Medicare drastically. His plan would charge seniors more money and provide less health coverage.
Ryan intends to replace traditional Medicare, an efficient program offering guaranteed treatment and featuring rock-bottom administrative costs, with a privatized program. Seniors would get a federal voucher to help them pay premiums to buy private health insurance. Ryan calls this system “premium support.”